Bell County Tax Appraisal District - Total Tax Parcels / Values
Bell County Tax Appraisal District increased the value of taxable property from $31 billion in 2015 to $33 billion in 2021, a 8% increase. The increase of $2 billion in the market value of Bell property is estimated to increase property taxes by $64 billion during 2015 to 2021, based on a 2.7% tax rate. Bell County has about 176,014 tax parcels. An increase of $64 billion in property taxes equates to $365 per tax parcel. Bell County Tax Appraisal District is paid by tax entities and has no citizen representation. Even the playing field by hiring an expert to represent you. Enroll in the Property Tax Protection Program(TM). No fee to enroll. No flat fees. No upfront costs. No fee ever unless we reduce your property taxes that year. Just enroll, relax and save.
Total Number of Parcels in DistrictSource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.
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| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| Total Number | 0.1594 | 0.1628 | 0.1637 | 0.1648 | 0.1676 | 0.1694 | 0.1729 | 0.1760 | 0.1803 | 0.1839 | 0.1856 | |
| Parcels Appraised | 0.1594 | 0.1492 | 0.1504 | 0.1648 | 0.1676 | 0.1694 | 0.1729 | 0.1760 | 0.1803 | 0.1839 | 0.1856 | |
Texas property owners should protest annually since About half of Texas properties are assessed at 100% of market value or higher based on data from the Texas Comptroller.
Tax Appraisal District Of Bell County Tax Parcels
Tax Appraisal District Of Bell County Bell CAD attempts to: 1) identify all real and personal property, and 2) then value each parcel. Their primary mission is to divide the property taxes paid to entities in the county as accurately and equitably as possible. Bell County Tax Appraisal District had 176,014 tax parcels in 2021 and 20 appraisers to value them and conduct tax protest hearings. That works out to 16 tax parcels per appraiser.
Tax Appraisal District Of Bell County has a lean level of staffing. We estimate about 25% of appraisal district appraisers work on valuation while the balance work on measuring new property and other inspections. We further assume the appraisers have 3 months or 533 days to complete valuations. Based on these assumptions, an appraiser at Bell County Tax Appraisal District completes 0 valuations per day during the valuation period. The high pace of valuation per day is illustrative of the difficulty of accurately and uniformly valuing all 176,014 properties in Bell County.
BellCAD Total Number of Parcels in District
Property tax values must be revalued by the Tax Appraisal District Of Bell County at least every three years. Following is a summary of the total number of parcels and the number revalued annually.
In 2021, Bell CAD valued 176,014 (100%) of the 176,014 tax parcels in Bell County.
Market Value All Property in Bell CountySource: Texas Comptroller, compiled by O’Connor, and not affiliated with any appraisal district.
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| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| $ Total market value | 18.819 | 19.349 | 19.879 | 22.471 | 23.471 | 26.813 | 29.942 | 33.663 | 42.438 | 51.439 | 55.253 | |
| Single Family | 9.850 | 10.382 | 10.914 | 11.852 | 12.467 | 13.927 | 15.525 | 18.141 | 24.109 | 27.786 | 29.302 | |
| Multi-family | 0.923 | 0.982 | 1.042 | 1.142 | 1.204 | 1.579 | 1.832 | 2.077 | 2.735 | 2.902 | 3.677 | |
| Commercial | 2.346 | 2.432 | 2.518 | 2.683 | 2.774 | 3.123 | 3.499 | 3.702 | 4.216 | 4.705 | 5.632 | |
| All Other | 5.701 | 5.553 | 5.405 | 6.793 | 7.026 | 8.184 | 9.086 | 9.744 | 11.378 | 16.046 | 16.641 | |
Texas property owners should protest annually since To support neighbors’ appeals for unequal appraisal.
Bell County - Total Market Value for All Property
The Tax Appraisal District Of Bell County is required to provide a value for all real property and business personal property in Bell County annually. This initial guesstimate is subject to appeal annually, regardless of whether the value rose, was flat or fell. Bell County property values by category are summarized in the graph.
The value of single family residences in Bell County was $13.9 billion in 2019, about 0.8% of the value of all single family houses in Texas ($1.65 trillion for Texas).